#552D24#552D24

#552D24 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.061 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D24
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 36)
HSL	hsl(11, 40%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(11, 58%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 57.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 17.31, 13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 22.17, 38.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0511 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.061 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0035, 3.9359, 2.1649)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D24 #244C55

analogous

#552433 #552D24 #554524

triadic

#552D24 #24552D #2D2455

tetradic

#552D24 #335524 #244C55 #452455

square

#552D24 #335524 #244C55 #452455

split-complementary

#552D24 #245545 #243355

monochromatic

#150B09 #2A1612 #552D24 #804436 #AB5B48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#552D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552D24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D24

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D24	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D272B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.061 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88665e',
    500: '#552d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d24;
$custom-light: #88665e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.02,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3467,
    "c": 0.06133,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D24

secondary

#4C7D89

accent

#BAD057

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D24

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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